A Midsummer Night*s Dream (Insight Shakespeare Plays)

Even the most resolutely disengaged students can finally ‘discover’ and thrill to the rhythms and passions of Shakespeare’s plays! Award-winning teachers and Shakespearean scholars have extensively trialled their approach to teaching Shakespeare’s plays in the classroom, and this series is the result! The plays in this series are becoming increasingly popular for student resources in schools as English and Drama teachers discover their fabulous teaching and learning qualities.

Aidan Coleman B.A., Dip. Ed., teaches English at Cedar College, Adelaide. In 2004, he attended the prestigious Prince of Wales Shakespeare School at Stratford-upon-Avon, and in 2005 his poetry collection Avenues & Runways was short-listed for the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award. Aidan has been awarded the ASG Community Merit Medal and a 2006 National Excellence In Teaching Award.

 

Shane Barnes B.A., Dip. Ed., is currently Deputy Principal at Craigmore Christian School, Adelaide. He has contributed several chapters to Great Ideas for English in the Senior Years (SAETA, 2001) and has presented at numerous SAETA and VATE workshops. Shane has been on marking and moderation panels for senior secondary level English and Tourism, and was nominated for a National Excellence in Teaching Award in 2007.